Newspaper sound record supplement



Dec. 8, 1936.

W. G. H. FlNCH NEWSPAPER SOUND RECORD SUPPLEMENT Filed April 22, 1936 ao5-a INVENTOR. MLLIAM FINCH ATTORNEY.

Patented. Dec. 8, 1936 2,063,870.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NEWSPAPER SOlISiZZSOBDhUPMMhNT William G.'n. Finch, New sci-ii. N. Y. Application April 22, rose, Serial No)15,851.

- 8 Claims. (CL 274-42) This invention relates to sound recordsadaptequipment and discardable after conveying its able for newspaperplant production and distribustory to the youngsters. tion as aninexpensive supplement for news- The recording equipment preferablycomprises vii-Peri a standard phonograph having ,a turn-table r-Newspapers generally contain comic strips and tatable at seventy-eightrevolutions per minute. 5 sections devoted to children which 'would beThe phonograph may be electric or hand motor more comprehensible orvaluable to the youngdriven and may have a mechanical diaphragmsters itmeans were provided for reading the horn reproducer, or an electricalpick-up to-' comicstrips or in some way describing the tea. gether withelectrical translation as is well known tures in' the newspaper ofinterest to them. by those skilled in the art. L

It has been proposed to supply a photographic The reproduction frequencyrange oi the mat replica of a sound track which may be played recordsneed only be 250 to 2500 cycles for inback"'as sound with suitableequipment. Black telligibility or the speech suitable for. ready comandwhite impressions of sound may be readily prehension oi the comic stripor any feature of Printed On newspaper Sheet in a ma n r S m thenewspaper which the record may contain. Au lar to the-printing of aphotograph. The most paper mat sheet'record, readily manufactured byimportant disadvantage of a photographic sound the newspaper plant, isaninexpensive supplement supplement is the relatively expensive and comofgreat value to a newspaper edition. Such a le qu pm nt r qu r d t t p cay t n record may be played several times, although from late theink-sound record to sound. a practical standpoint it need only be playedg I accordance Wi my Present inv i I once or twice and then bediscarded.

contemplate a sound record impressed in printer's The newspaper soundrecord supplement is parpaper mat or flong of substantial thickness. Theticularly suitable for reading" the comic strips to i sound groove isrecorded in a manner similar to youngsters or to convey the actualspeech in- 2 the making f d records having a predetertended by eachcharacter of the comic strip in the mined spiral tra k. The o nd r ov im proper sequence for enacting the scenes of the wi h a r iv y l nstylus as mp to strip. The sound record supplements otmypreshigh qualityrecording to facilitate commercial t i v nti n may have advertisingmatter production of the sound sheets and reproduction printed th r oand w uld form a desirable and from the P p mat The master B profitableadvertising section for any newspaper. 30

as art.

. 40 may be reproduced from the paper mat record tive is formed into adurable metallic platen for It is accordingly an object of my inventionto d r y i pr the Sound rd i o h provide a novel newspaper soundsupplement paper me e platen y be fl tor se formed by impressing asoundrecord into 'a' paper circular in a manner well known in theprintins mator pulp sheet. 1 r Another object of my invention is :to provide a 5 Toutline f the Sound mp dnpo novel newspaper sound record supplementwhich the paper mat is preferably depressed to predeis inexpensive andadaptable for rapid production termine the cutting line for severing acircular in a newspaper plant.

record iormirom the rectangular sheet. Sound A further object of myinvention is to provide a novel newspaper sound record supplement for 40by standard phonoby using a preferably fibrous or wooden needleintelligible reproduction it tandard lateral equipment- Stylus inconjunction w h a s These and other objectsof my praent invenrecordinunit.

High delity reproduction generally denotes a g gfi i iggz g f g ggi egfrequency reproduction range of 100 to 1000 cy- $35 2; en con cles.Practical considerations of a sound record F1 illustrates, a soundrecord supplement supplement for newspapers led me to providecorresponding to a single standard size newspaper I solution which wouldsacrifice high quality resheet containing two sound coma v 5 productionand durability of record for merely we 2 is a perspective illustrationof semb intelligible reproduction and a record which may m;- l t forimpressing the sound records only be p yed several times; he pe met uponthe sheet by a continuous or circular printrecord supplement inaccordance with my present mg pr s, H invention is relativelyinexpensive, universally Figure 3 is a partial perspective illustrationof a adaptable to standard disk p smph record sound record cut awayiromthesupplement sheet. 55

Figure 3a is an enlarged detail illustration of adjacent sound tracks ofthe record.

Figure 4 is a sound record supplement modification embodying a doublesized sheet.

Figure 5 is a partial perspective illustration of a modified form of mypresent invention utilizing both sides of the record.

A preferred form of my invention is illustrated in Figure I. Arectangular sheet [0 of size corresponding to a page of the newspaperwhich it is to supplement has impressed centrally upon the sectionsindependent sound records i2 and i7 respectively. The dotted line i6over zone of the sheet when the newspaper is folded over. Line l6 may bepredetermined by suitably impressing or indenting it during theproduction of the supplement i0.

Supplement sheet in is preferably made of printer's paper ness andimpressionability to have the sound record impressions readily madethereon. The

thickness of sheet i0 may for example be a; of an inch,

groove or record impression. Sheet i0 should be constructed asinexpensive as is practicable in View of the quality of the resultantrecords desired. Printers paper mat is well known in the newspaperprinting art.

resultant record is sumciently durable to maintain the sound tracksafter several sound reproductions with a stylus.

this material as printer's The paper mat supplement It may be for astandard size newspaper, 23 inches long and 1'7 0 circular record disksI2 and I! may be impressed upon a sheet I0 01 such size, the diameter ofthe disk being 10 inches to form a record disk alloy than the ordinaryink-printing platen since greater pressure between the plate and thesheet I O is to supplement.

2,063,870 be applied in manufacturing the record supplement.

The sound to be reproduced is recorded in a well known manner upon amaster positive. The recorded sound may for example form the continuityof speech for characters of a comic strip or series of comic strips ormay form the basis of coarser platen record.

A master negative is formed from the master positive in the well knownmanner and the negative recording is transferred to a platen similar toa newspaper printing platen.

For production of the sound supplement I I by machines similar to thepresent circular printing a semi-circular in Figure 2 is formed for to acircular prin ing press Prod ced. two identical platens II are placed onopposite sides of circular press and Paper mat sheet fed The soimdmatter may I .pressed.

the disk. These aooasvo supplement sheets II are automatically cut asthey are successively produced by the continuously operating 1117 to theform illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of half of a record .disk 3|!severed from the supplement sheet ll. The edges II which containedindentations or markings to predetermine the circular outline of thedisk are shown to be rough between the alternate indentations toindicate that the disk 3 0 may be readily torn or cut from the sheetill. The sound record i2 is preferably in the form of a continuousspiral groove having lateral undulations corresponding to the sound tobe reproduced. The platen containing the "negative" of the recordproduces the undulated spiral grooves I! in the paper mat comprising therecord disk as will now be evident. The lateralgroove is reproducibleinto sound by standard phonographic recording equipment. The centralhole ll isshown to be removed so as to form the axis of rotation of thedisk 3!.

' Figure 3a is an enlarged lateral undulations I! of the disk Itcorresponding to the sound record. Although I prefer to illustrate mypresent invention with the widely used laterally cut records, it is tobe understood that it is also applicable to the production ofhill-and-rdale records as sound supplement sheets.

Figure 4 illustrata a modification of my present invention wherein a twopage sound supplement is illustrated. Fourlilfi inch disks 3!, 33, 34and may be impressed upon a double page corresponding to a standardnewsp p size. It is to be understood that if a smaller sized supple mentsheet is used correspondingly fewer records or smaller diameter recordsmay be made there on. A predetermined fold line upon the double pagesupplement so as to facilitate proper bending over during assembly ofthe Further 'predeterminod'bend lines 31 and a maybe performed acres thecentral portion of the two page supplement so as to predetermine thecorraponding bending thereof. It is tobe understood that the records 32to 35 aremade'inamannergimilartothosedescribed hereinabove but two pagesupplement are A further modification of my invention-is illustrated inthe partial perspective view of Figure 5 wherein the record pressions l2and- M placed on opposite sides of impressions are performed in a mannersimilar to the printing of opposite sides upon a single sheet in anewspaper printing machine by utilizing corresponding sound recordimpressions instead of ink-printing platens.

Although I have described my invention as the production of a soundrecord up n a printer: paper mat sheet. it will also be placed atvarious positions upon the sound sheetsuppleme'nt such as forexampleonthereverseside ofasinglesidesoundrecordsheetandalsoaroundtheedgesoreven the sound records are im- Theprinting may be performed subsequent to the record impressions on thepaper mat but preferably prior to the impresions.

I have described my invention in coinection v with a paper mat newspapersupplement of recform. The sound record sheet supplement is thepreferable form for newspaper work from the point of view of productionsim- V printer's paper mat,

partialviewofthe.

.thirty seconds of an 3' is impressed that correspondingly in-'dependent platens for the opposite sheets of the disk ll containsrecordimbe evident that printing plicity and of subsequent utility by"fitting" into the regular paper editions in sheet forms Although' acontinuous circular press has been described for producing the soundrecord sheets, a reciprocating flat platen press may also be utilized.

The printer's paper mat sheet is directly im- 'pressionable bya platenin contradistinction to moldable materials which are pressed when softand then need to be baked for hardening. Modiiications may be made infallwithin the broader spirit and scope thereof, .and I do not intend tobe limited except as set forth in the following claims.

, I claim;

1. A sound record consisting of a sheet of uncoated printers paper mathaving. impressions corresponding to sound waves made therein.

2. A sound record consisting .of a sheet of said paper mat containinggrooves therein having undulations corresponding to sound to bereproduced.

3. A sound record consisting of a sheet of uncoated printer's paper matof the order of threeinch in thickness bearing grooves havingundulations corresponding to sound to be reproduced impressed therein.

4. A sound record carrier consisting of a printer's paper mat sheet ofrectangular form having impressions corresponding to sound waves forminga sound record therein, said sheet having a series of successiveperforations bounding said sound record.

my invention which 5. A sound record carrier consisting of an uncoatedprinter's paper mat sheet of rectangular formof the order of threethirty-seconds of an inch in thickness, bearing grooveshavingundulations corresponding to sound to be reproducedimpressedtherein, to form a sound record, said sheet having a series ofsuccessive perforations -whereby the. walls of said grooves are formedin said mat for acting on a blunt stylus for reproducing the soundwaves.

7. A sound record carrier consisting of an uncoated printers'paper matsheet of rectangular form, bearing a plurality of sets of grooves havingundulations corresponding .to sound to be reproduced impressedtherein toform a plurality of sound records, said sheet having a series ofsuccessive perforations bounding each of said sound records.

8. A sound record carrier consisting of an uncoated printer's paper matsheet of rectangular form, bearing a plurality of sets of grooves havingundulations corresponding, to sound to be reproduced impressed thereinto 'form a plurality of sound records, said sheet having a series ofsucrecords; said grooves being relatively wide and arranged in coarsepitched spirals whereby the walls of said grooves are formed in said matfor acting on a blimt stylus for reproducing the sound waves.

WILLIAM G. H. FINCH.

cesive perforations bounding each of said sound

